ABOUT THE WORKSHOP 4 of 4
Launch & Grow Your Food Venture series presented by YSpace, York University & Vaughan Business & Entrepreneurship Centre:
Recording of the session is now available (1:15:11) here.
This interactive and engaging fireside chat will explore an entrepreneur’s journey of how they brought their product to life. Topics will include manufacturing options, production considerations and resources in Vaughan and other areas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER — Isabelle Lam
Isabelle is a registered dietitian, and the co-founder of Remix Snacks. She started Remix back in 2018 during the last year of her undergraduate degree at McGill. Being in the food industry, she knew they could create healthier bean-based snack alternatives with upcycled ingredients, to reduce food waste. Over the last 5 years, she’s grown their start-up from a school project, to airing on Dragons’ Den, to their snacks now being sold in over 510+ retailers across Canada.
This workshop is brought to you in partnership with YSpace‘s York Region Food Accelerator. YSpace is home to one of the first of its kind in the GTA food accelerator program, and in a partnership with YSpace, The Regional Municipality of York Region and the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. YSpace Food Accelerator helps promising food and beverage consumer-packaged goods (CPG) ventures build their strategy, grow their network and scale their business.
Vaughan-based entrepreneurs participating in this series have the opportunity to apply for a provincial grant of up to $5,000 through the Vaughan Starter Company Plus program, designed to help implement and execute on the plans created through this training series. Learn more at: https://vaughanbusiness.ca/starter-company-plus.
Workshop dates for the Launch & Grow Your Food Venture series:
- Starting Food & Beverage Business (June 6, 2023, 12 p.m.)
- Digital Marketing 101 (June 22, 2023, 12 p.m.)
- Channel Strategies (July 11, 2023, 12 p.m.)
- Fireside Chat on Manufacturing & Production (July 27, 2023, 12 p.m.)